Hair curling device



June 7, 1938. J. R. JQGANIC' 2,119,861

HAIR CURLING DEVI CE Filed Feb l0 1936 4 Lo 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 o g; o INVENTOR.

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Patented Jame/7119 38 1 UNITED STATES PATENT oFFi-cE HAIR CURLING DEVICE John R. Joganic, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Application February 10, 1936, Serial No. 63,198

2 Claims. (01. 132-361) This invention relates to new and useful im- The elements of the clamp shown in the sevprovements in hair curling clamps more particueral figures of the drawing which are common larly known as clamps for Croquignole waving of to such clamps in conventional use are the hinge the hair. members I and 2, hinged at 3, constructed of So-called permanent waving embodies the steps superposed plates for clamping rubber strips 4 of subjecting selected strands of hair to a moisand 5-between which strands of hair are engaged. ture application and then rolling the strands from The hinge members I and 2, when closed, are their free extended ends on a curling spool, the provided with upstanding bracket elements 6 hair being wound taut on said spool, which is and I for engaging the journals or extensions 10 then mounted on supporting brackets of the head of a curler or roll on which the hair is wound, 10

clamp, which is also adapted to receive a heating these rollers snapping in place when mounted element that envelopes the curled hair, and by in the supporting brackets of the clamps. The means of which a heat application to the hair clamp is closed when the hinge members are produces a so-called permanent curling or wavjuxtaposed, as shown in Fig. 3, by means of a. ing thereof. clamping lever 8, which has a cam-like surface 15 It is well-known to those skilled in the use of 9 that engages a groove or notch Ill in the mem- Croquignole Waving apparatus that in the final ber 2. period of heat application, the scalp of the head The new features of the clamp are shown in portion adjacent the clamp is subjected to an Figs. 2 to 4 and consist of a pair of elongated intense and very frequently injurious heat, causblocks or hollow tubes II which are closed at the ing burns and scalp wounds that subject the ends I2 and communicate at one end with a 20 operators to vexatious litigation for damages. bifurcated tube I3, preferably of flexible material It is among the objects of the present invention such as rubber, which connects through a manito overcome these difficulties by providing a 0001- fold, not shown, with a source of cooling medium ing medium to the strands of hair adjacent the such as air, from a blower or fan. The elements 25 scalp and to apply the cooling medium in a direct II are preferably made of fiber or other nonand positive manner. metallic substance to render them non-corroding,

A further object of the invention is the prosuch material being preferably of a low heat convision of simple and expedient means for so ducting quality. A series of perforations [4 exapplying a cooling medium. tend on the inner wall of the members II to 30 Still a further object of the invention is to so impinge the cooling fluid against the hair strands direct and distribute the cooling medium to the engaged between the rubber clamping faces 4 hair and/or scalp as to not interfere with the and 5. necessary heat application to the hair to be As previously explained, Figs. 2 and 3 are bottreated, while preventing the application .of heat tom views of the clamp, and the fiber tube ele- 35 through conduction or radiation to the scalp ments II are adjacent or nearest the scalp. It parts adjacent the hair strands. is common practice to employ a pad of insulat- The invention will become more apparent from ing material directly adjacent the scalp so that a consideration of the accompanying drawing the members II are placed against the insulating constituting a part hereof in which like referpads and in effect constitute feet for the clamp 40 ence characters designate like parts and in which: elements.

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a clamp which in ap- In use, the cooling medium, such as air, need pearance is generally of the type commonly used not be applied immediately upon the application in the permanent waving of hair; of heat to the curled hair. Heat is applied in a Fig. 2 a view in perspective of the clamp Well-known manner, by electrical resistor heat- 45 shown in Fig. 1 on the side opposite to that shown ing elements or so-called steam boxes or covers, in Fig. 1 and illustrates one embodiment of this which are shaped to envelope or engage the hair invention; on the curling spool, not shown, and which con- Fig. 3 is a similar view of the clamp closed, stitutes no part of the present invention. 5 which is the position in which the hair is en- However done, the final stages of the applicagaged; and tion of the heat, which is the period during which Fig. 4 is a view in perspective of a tube conthe moist hair is intensely heated and by con stituting the seat or foot of the clamp which is duction transmits the heat to the scalp, the coolthe portion placed adjacent the scalp or scalp ing fiuid is turned on. The cooling fluid flows protector provided for such purposes. through the flexible conduit l3 into the hollow 55 members ll, thence it is impinged through perforations l4 against the hair strands extending along the face of the clamping members 4 and 5 to cool them.

Thus at the critical time, the scalp is maintained in a cool and comfortable condition, and scalp injury by burning or injury to the hair by excessive heating is entirely avoided.

Although one embodiment of the invention has been herein illustrated and described, it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that various modifications may be made in the details of construction without departing from the principles herein set forth.

I claim:

1. A device for permanent waving of hair, comprising a pair of hinged members constituting a clamp for engaging the hair strands adjacent the scalp preliminary to the curling of the strands and adapted to receive a curling rod, means for locking said members in closed position, a foot for each of said hinged members joined thereto in the base of the clamp, said foot elements being of hollow construction having perforations on the same side and coextensive with the hair engaging faces of the clamp, and said foot elements being closed at one end and having connections with a source of cooling medium at their other end to direct the cooling medium through the perforations against the hair adjacent the scalp.

2. A device for permanent waving of hair, comprising a pair of hinged members constituting a clamp for engaging the hair strands adjacent the scalp preliminary to the curling of the strands and adapted to receive a curling rod, means for locking said members in closed position, a foot for each of said hinged members comprising a rectangular shaped member of fibrous material having a hollow interior closed at one end and open at the other, said members being spaced from the clamping faces of the hinged member to be out of alignment therewith and having perforations on the same side and coextensive with the hair engaging faces of the clamp, and a bifurcated tube having a leg inserted in the open ends of each of said perforated members and having a connection for a source of cooling medium which is adapted to be impinged upon the hair adjacent the scalp through the perforations of the rectangular members.

JOHN R. JOGANIC. 

